The Brumbies former Springbok World Cup-winning coach has also ensured retired Welsh winger Shane Williams's one-off game for the Lions will be a tough one.

Williams will have his work cut out marking Super Rugby's joint-top try scorer Henry Speight, a player 11 years younger than himself, and a scorer of eight tries this season.

The Lions can also be excused for thinking they are seeing double with identical twins Jean-Pierre Smith and Ruan Smith in White's squad.

Meanwhile, Gatland has rated winger George North (hamstring) as "less than 50-50" chance of being fit for the first Test, while another winger, Tommy Bowe, who broke his hand against the Reds, has an "outside chance".